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This phase II trial is studying how well a frailty index and geriatric assessment works in predicting toxicity to front-line chemotherapy in treating patients with stage IV non-small cell lung cancer. A frailty index and geriatric assessment prior to treatment may help identify a better treatment regimen

Patients complete a frailty index and geriatric assessment prior to beginning chemotherapy. Patients receive standard-of-care chemotherapy comprising carboplatin IV and paclitaxel IV on day 1. Treatment repeats every 21 days for up to 2 courses

Drug: cisplatin

Given IV

Other Names:

CACP

CDDP

CPDD

DDP

Drug: carboplatin

Given IV

Other Names:

Carboplat

CBDCA

JM-8

Paraplat

Paraplatin

Other: questionnaire administration

Detailed Description:

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:

I. To determine the correlation of the data from the frailty index and geriatric assessment tool with the level of toxicity encountered in the first two cycles of therapy.

OUTLINE:

Patients complete a frailty index and geriatric assessment prior to beginning chemotherapy. Patients receive standard-of-care chemotherapy comprising carboplatin intravenously (IV) and paclitaxel IV on day 1. Treatment repeats every 21 days for up to 2 courses.

Eligibility

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Ages Eligible for Study:

Child, Adult, Senior

Sexes Eligible for Study:

All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

No

Sampling Method:

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Patients with Stage IV Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Pathological documentation of non-small cell lung cancer Stage IV disease Prior adjuvant chemotherapy for the earlier stages of non-small cell lung cancer is allowed Patients with brain metastases are allowed on protocol only if they have received brain irradiation and are neurologically stable Patients with other malignancies are allowed on protocol unless they are receiving active treatment (surgery, radiation, chemotherapy or immunotherapy) for the other malignancy Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent document